Webdude, thanks for this site. I was impressed after reading your "general guidlines". I'm new here, so I guess this is the thing to do. So far, this site looks great! Little on me: I made Minnesota "home" six years ago and I fish. That's about all. Okay, I'm an auto diagnostics technician(mechanic with brains), I'm the one that figures out what's wrong. I'm willing to answer any questions as long as I don't get 50 a day! I only work so I can fish. I fish many lakes. I'll give my reports for the last lake fished. This weekend will be Rush. Look forward to this new site!

So, how'd you do Sand Burr? Did you hit the big lake? I hope you did as well as we did: you can read my Rush Lake posts. We will be going to Mille Lacs this weekend and I will give a report. Furthermore, I am impressed with this website so far. There are a lot of interesting posts to read. Not as many "real" fishing reports as I hoped, but I'll add to those and soon enough others will follow.

A little more info. on me...I have been a member of another minnesota fishing website for many years. I loved the site for years, was very active, met a lot of cool outdoorsmen, then a few years back it became real popular. Well, the popularity took away the treasure we once had. I had been asked to be more involved and start an automotive section, but that didn't meet my expectations. A friend of mine is very involved and he let me know that it was a lot more work then pleasure. I would have done it when there weren't thousands of people on the site. I am excited about this site! This site is just fine how it stands. Not so many people and real stories. So, besides the automotive factor, I am very educated in fishing. I take the same approach as I do with my career. I read, listen, and study to gain more knowledge of what I am doing. I have a very long streak of "not-skunked" and I hope to keep that streak going forever! Also, I have not fished a tournament before, but this year myself and my "net-man" will be entering quite a few tourneys. We are also considering the idea of a guide service and possibly a t.v. show(pilot). I just dream of the day when I can make a decent living doing what I love. Hey, Minnesota is the state where those dreams can come true! Ya' know.

Monster you sound like you have found a new place to call home! There is a bunch of us that have places on Big Sandy Lake in McGregor and spend a good amount of time there in the summer. I would like to invite you up for a day of fishing when that time comes around!

I did not make it over to Rush last weekend but instead I headed over to Quamba Lake. It was a lot closer to my house and my time was limited. I did pay the price because there were a ton of people out there due to the weather. I couldnt get away from the crowd because the lake is to small! But I did get to spend two outings with my middle child that doesnt always like to go out fishing. We had one flag and quite a few small perch and sunfish. That really is all the kids want to do anyway is catch. Size was laughable but it shouldnt be about that all the time.

Good luck on the Big Pond this weekend the bite has been very tough out there. I did talk to a guy that had some luck up by Malmo this past weekend. Email me and I can be a bit more specific. If your willing lets pick a Saturday and hook up with Bobber Down and me and go to Rush!

Many Horror stories about other sites and many of us Rejects can feel your pain. As you can tell we are all such bad people around here!